Blinken heard stories of the plight of refugees fleeing Ukraine
U.S. Secretary of State Anthony Blinken on Saturday (March 5th) visited a refugee camp built by the Polish authorities at a shopping mall in Korkjoar, Poland, on the Ukrainian border. About 3,000 Ukrainian refugees have taken refuge in the center.
Blinken later paid a brief visit to Ukraine to meet with Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dimitro Kulebar. Kuleba predicts Russia will be defeated, but wants more military assistance to save lives.
America's top diplomat at the refugee center has heard horrific stories from Ukrainian mothers and their children. They described their long and dangerous journey to Blinken.
"We heard bombs near our house," said Venera Ahmadi, 12. She arrived in Poland with her brother, a sister, six dogs and seven cats, traveling more than 800 kilometers (362 miles) from the Ukrainian capital Kiev. "We have come to the border on foot, I don't know how many hours. We crossed the border on foot. ”
"I was scared to death," said her 16-year-old sister, Jasmine.
Natalia Kadigrobe, 48, traveled about 600 kilometers (about 500 miles) by bus on her way to her brother's home in Germany, arriving at the center from Kropivnitsky with her four adopted children. Her husband stayed in Ukraine.
"Russian forces bombed the airport there," he said. "Of course we were scared."
Blinken then crossed the Kirkzowa border and met with Kulebar. There, Polish authorities were taking small groups of refugees from the snow-covered Ukrainian city of Krakowets ২০ 20 in each group.
Among these refugees were mainly women, children and elderly men. Pets in the lap of small children. They were heading to a makeshift refugee camp with a bag of luggage.
The foreign minister said he wanted to send a general message, "Ukraine will win this war because it is a people's war for their own land and we support them." "The question is, at what price will it be available, what will be the price of our victory," he added.
Blinken praised Kuleba, President Volodymyr Zelensky and other officials for their courage and "inspiring" leadership during the crisis. He said both support for Ukraine and pressure on Russia to end the war would be "increased until the war is over."
Kuleba thanked Blinken for his support of the United States and said that Ukraine needed more assistance, unless it paid the ultimate price to win. On Friday, Kuleba regretted that NATO and others had rejected the request of Neto to create a no-fly zone in Ukraine.
"We're at a point where it's easy to say, 'No, we're not going to do that, but time will tell,'" Kuleba said. "It simply came to our notice then. The people of Ukraine must pay the price for NATO's reluctance. "
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